shí yùn bù jì

to experience misfortunes in life; to have bad luck

míng wén guī dìng

💡 Бичгээр тодорхой заасан, дүрэмд байгаа.

míng mǎ shí jià

to have a clear and fixed price on an item/commodity

yì zǐ ér shí

to exchange own children with one another and then eat them (describing dire famines)

出处: From Zuo Zhuan

yì xué nán jīng

to be easy to pick up but hard to master

chūn hé jǐng míng

the spring scenery is warm and the sunshine is brilliant

出处: From Yueyang Lou Ji by 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan)

chūn nuǎn huā kāi

💡 Хавар дулаарч цэцэг дэлгэрэх сайхан цаг.

chūn qiū dà mèng

fanciful dream; impracticable fantasy; pipe dream

pǔ tiān zhī xià

💡 Тэнгэрийн доорх бүх газар, бүх дэлхий, хаа сайгүй.

出处: See 普天之下，莫非王土 (pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ).

pǔ tiān tóng qìng

everyone rejoices and celebrates

gēng míng gǎi xìng

synonym of 改名換姓 /改名换姓 (gǎimínghuànxìng)

yǒu jià wú shì

having a price but no sales, i.e. listed with a fictitious or prohibitively high price but having no sales

yǒu hé bù kě

why not?

yǒu lì kě tú

to have good prospects of gain; to stand to grain; to be profitable

yǒu qù wú huán

gone never to return

yǒu shāng yǒu liáng

able to engage in discussions or dialogue

yǒu zēng wú jiǎn

to only increase and not decrease

yǒu shǐ wú zhōng

to have a beginning but not an end; to start something but fail to carry it through; to begin well but end badly

yǒu nián wú rì

something that drags on indefinitely without a set deadline or time limit

直译: knowing the year, but not the date

yǒu nián wú yuè

something that drags on indefinitely without a set deadline or time limit

直译: knowing the year, but not the month

yǒu xīn wú lì

to have the will but not the power or strength to do something

yǒu zhì zhī shì

person of noble aspirations; person with lofty ideas

yǒu jīng wú xiǎn

to have had only frightening moments but no dangers; to be successful at the end though having encountered obstacles

yǒu jī kě chéng

there's an opportunity to take advantage of; there's a loophole that can be used

yǒu àn kě chá

to be a matter of record; to be well documented; the evidence is certain

yǒu qì wú lì

feeble; faint; weak; listless

yǒu shēng zhī nián

one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

yǒu xuè yǒu ròu

true to life; vivid

yǒu háng wú shì

to have a price but no sales

yǒu shí zhī shì

💡 Мэдлэгтэй, хол хардаг ухаант хүн.

yǒu guò zhī wú bù jí

synonym of 有過之而無不及 /有过之而无不及 (yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí, “to go even further than; to outdo”)

yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí

to go even further than; to outdo (usually of something bad)

yǒu bí zi yǒu yǎn r

erhua form of 有鼻子有眼 (yǒu bízi yǒu yǎn, “with every detail vividly described”)

wàng qí xiàng bèi

to get within a little distance of somebody; to be a match for somebody; to stand comparison with somebody

直译: can see the neck and back of somebody ahead

wàng ér què bù

💡 Хараад л айж ухрах, оролдох ч зүрх хүрэхгүй.

běn xiāng běn tǔ

native place

běn xiǎo lì wēi

to have tiny funds and small earnings

jī bù kě shī

one must not lose a good opportunity

zá qī zá bā

jumbled up and assorted